Tier X Medium Tank Italy

Progetto M40 mod. 65

Progetto 65

Tank ID 2721

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

In 1969, the Italian military delegation visited Germany to discuss the purchase of Leopard tanks. However, not all members of the delegation agreed with the acquisition of foreign vehicles. The Italian military experts and engineers specified the main requirements for the future tank: the slope angle of armor plates, the cast turret and gun mantlet, as well as the powerful engine from Mitsubishi that allowed production of a small, light, maneuverable, but perfectly-armored vehicle. The British and Soviet design plans collected by SIFAR-SID were taken into account. Development of the project was discontinued at the drafting and modelling stage.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

1,900

Weight

40.0 t

Forward speed

65 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

400 m

Signal range

750 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	40	40	25
Turret	120	40	30

Engine: Mitsubishi 10ZF · 750 hp

Radio: R 19

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

Cannone da 105/51 M68

Calibre 105 mm

Reload time 15.4 s

Aiming time 2.2 s

Dispersion 0.35

Rate of fire 6.00 /min

Ammo capacity 60

Shell types

APCR · composite rigid Damage 270 / 360 / 450

Penetration 201 / 268 / 335 mm

HEAT · shaped charge Damage 270 / 360 / 450

Penetration 248 / 330 / 413 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 330 / 440 / 550

Penetration 79 / 105 / 131 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

3,102

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

4,512

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

5,828

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 1,880

Avg. spotted 1.11

Avg. kills 1.07

Avg. defence 0.63

Exp. win rate 49.30 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

54.06 %

Avg. WN8

2,329

Battles

54,319

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 93 of 110 at Tier X

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	mailand eu	4,782	285	66.67 %
2	EvilQuintessence eu	4,774	169	64.50 %
3	skill4ltu eu	4,656	519	62.81 %
4	Keyhand eu	4,313	348	63.51 %
5	Perfectible na	4,262	106	59.43 %
6	Rasierer32 eu	4,231	422	61.85 %
7	Yzne eu	4,221	479	61.80 %
8	Daddy eu	4,198	98	58.16 %
9	marty_vole eu	4,039	617	65.64 %
10	Alfazet eu	4,000	220	62.73 %